lxv, 867 pages ; 24 cm

Expert evidence: law, practice, procedure and advocacy

Previous edition: The law of expert evidence. North Ryde, N.S.W. : LBC Information Services, 1999

Includes bibliographical references (pages 805-839)

1. Introduction -- 2. Rules of expert evidence -- 3. The expertise rule -- 4. The area of expertise rule -- 5. The bias rule -- 6. The common knowledge rule -- 7. The ultimate issue rule -- 8. Discretionary exclusion of expert evidence -- 9. Judicial notice -- 10. Appeals arising from expert evidence -- 11. Novel psychological evidence -- 12. Trauma evidence -- 13. Scientific evidence -- 14. DNA profiling evidence -- 15. Fingerprinting evidence -- 16. Document analysis -- 17. Tracker dog evidence -- 18. Civil and criminal liability of expert witnesses -- 19. Experts' reports -- 20. Payment of experts -- 21. Court-appointed experts -- 22. Referees -- 23. Practice rules and codes of ethics -- 24. Examination-in-Chief of the expert witness -- 25. Cross-examination of the expert witness -- 26. Re-examination of the expert witness -- 27. Sentencing

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